Common use of Canine Handlers Clause in Contracts

Canine Handlers. 1. Canine handlers that provide for the off-duty care and maintenance of the canine will be paid an additional three and one half (3.5) hours of compensable time per week (.5 hours per day for care and maintenance of the canine). 2. This canine handler pay will not be subject to shift differential pursuant to Article 8(6) of this Agreement or holiday pay pursuant to Article 8(10) of this Agreement. Canine handler pay is not eligible for compensatory time as defined in Article 8(7)(C) of this Agreement. Canine handler hours (i.e., three and one half hours per week) will count as time worked for purposes of calculating overtime in the eighty (80) hour work period but will not be included towards the hours or major fractions thereof worked in excess of the daily shift as provided in Article 8(7)(A) of this Agreement. 3. Canine handler pay shall be the exclusive compensation for the off-duty care and maintenance of the canine. No further hours for the off-duty care and maintenance of the canine will be worked without prior written approval from the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee. Such pay shall continue for the duration of the assignment. The Sheriff shall have full discretion to assign or remove an employee from such assignment which assignment is not subject to the negotiated grievance procedure. 4. The canine handler employee is not entitled to canine handler pay on any day when the canine is not in possession of the employee during off-duty hours. 5. The County and Association agree pursuant to 29 CFR 785.23 that they have reviewed the pertinent facts regarding a reasonable amount of off- duty time required to provide for the care and maintenance of the canine including but not limited to joint consultation with the assigned canine handler and have agreed that three and one half (3.5) off duty hours per week is a reasonable amount of time to accomplish such tasks, and no additional off-duty time is necessary to accomplish such tasks without written approval of the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee.